General William E. Odom

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gptkb:Zbigniew_Brzezinski
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:Army_Commendation_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Service_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1932-06-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cookeville,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
gptkbp:child gptkb:W._Scott_Odom
gptkbp:deathDate 2008-05-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lincoln,_Vermont,_United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:Hudson_Institute
gptkbp:fieldOfWork military intelligence
national security
Soviet studies
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Eldridge_Odom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General William E. Odom
gptkbp:knownFor expertise on Soviet Union
critic of the Iraq War
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Council_on_Foreign_Relations
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Lieutenant General
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:America’s_Inadvertent_Empire
gptkb:Fixing_Intelligence:_For_a_More_Secure_America
gptkb:Soviet_Military_Power
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:scholar
author
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Director_of_the_National_Security_Agency
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Suzanne_Odom
gptkbp:taughtAt gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:Georgetown_University
gptkb:West_Point
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:termEnd 1988
gptkbp:termStart 1985
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Libya_bombing_(1986)
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